New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-27
TIE NEW SOUTH.

According to tables given by the ontcr-
prising Manufacturers Record" Of Balti-
more, investments in manufacturing and
other industrial establishments at the South
during the first half of 1887 have exceeded
B150,OOO, 1000 That would average about
$40 for every man, woman and child, white
and colored of the States included, and 50
large capital certainly has not been gath
cred from the people Of the Southern States
indeed, it would not have been possible
without serious embarrassment to business.
What has happened is that the advantages
of the South for manufactures and mining,
and for many branches of industry, have at
t, acted many millions of capital from North
ern States and from foreign countries, and
experienced managers and skilled labor have
come with the capital In many ccscs to assist
the development of resources. But the bene-
fits are now and will be realized mainly by
the Southern people. 1t is Northern sys-
tenn, the policy Of protection, which slim
ulates industries and which makes more iron
furnaces possible at the South it is largely
Northern capital and partly Northern enter
prise which helps the development; but the
benefits to the Southern people are great and
lasting.
The multiplication Of factories under the
protective system has made the Northern
States rich, populous and prosperous, and the
same influence Is now adding incidentally
to the wealth and prosperity of the Southern
people. Lands which they have owned for
generations, and could never sell at half
their supposed value, have suddenly risen
not merely to prices formerly asked, but to
| three five, or in some cases ten, times the
| highest estimate ever placed upon them IN
previous wears. Thousands of owners have
shared the benefits of this advance and yet
these are but small fraction Of the great
number iectly benefited. New railroads
have been made necessary, and thcusc nds OF
men have found permanent employment in
their work. New cities and towns have
sprung up, and many thousa nds have found
occupations, homes and hopes in them. Many
thousand men and women for whom there
| formerly seemed nothing to do, have found
occupation and wages in the now mills and
mines. It is new life, for portions of the
South which were long st,gnant, and the
whole Nation rcioices most h artily in this
progress and the coming prosperity.
IL is a mistake which many Southern men
still make to suppose that their gain does not
rejoice the hearts of all good citizens in
| Northern States. Let them not imagine that
| only Northern Democrats who have not the
largest share in the enterprise and prosperity
of their own States, sympathize with and re-
joice at the development of the South. The
men who believe in the Republican policy,
because they know how 1t promises pros
perity, form a large proportion of those who
take active part In the Nations industrial
development, both North and South, who in
vest the capital or possess the training OF
skill to forward that development most ef-
| fectively, and these men rcsoce as h artily
as Southern men themselves at the progress
the South is making.
| No doubt there are still at the South some
men who have the old feeling, VIII CHI cursed
part of that section so long, That they want
no help from any save their political friends,
and would rather stagnate or starvc with free
trade than prosper and get rich with the
Republican policy Of protect on That spirit
spurns better acquaintance with Northern
men and Northern ideas. But it is not the
shirt which guides the South toward growth
and happiness. 1t is not that spirit by which
the people of the two sections can be knit
together in closer sympathy. A hearty wei
| como to Northern mcn, Northern ideas, and
Northern papers, as well as Northern money
would not hurt our sister States nor retard
their development.